[fastcarsfreedom]

I can't believe I avoided this thread for so long. Just when I think the timbre of the threads here is improving I see stuff like this:

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they've done nothing but publish one letter after another from suburban hicks complaining about downtown and the two-way idea

As I read through this thread the first thing I noticed was that the paper had published an article by an accomplished writer in support of an idea that has been touted here as the savior of downtown as long as I've been coming here. Following that article there was general silence as everyone waited for something to pounce on. You all didn't disappoint me.

Do you write Letters frequently to The Spectator? If not I would encourage you to do so--I am a frequent Letter to the Editor writer--and in spite of my crazy/far-out/terrifying ideas about life and politics--I mostly get published--it's a great way to have your voice heard.

Calling people "crazy suburban hicks" will not encourage them to come down and experience the finer points of downtown--it's the equivilent of saying "you people"--it's a generalization and it does your arguments a gross disservice--and no, it doesn't matter if you hear inaccurate things about downtown--correct the inaccuracies and move on.